Superadobe Live in Kolhapur India!
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— – Repost Via: Scott Kafora Gandhi Worldwide
To commemorate Gandhi’s first civil resistance 120th anniversary we are happy to make the following exciting announcement…
After three years of intensive research, architectural programming, design, development and budgeting by GWEI and AVANI (see Catalyst House October 22 2012 and January 5 2013) the first two of up to 16 Superadobe earthen-based dome structures take shape on a five acre plot of rural farmland just south of Kolhapur, India.
The Times of India (The largest English language newspaper) featured an article on our work on Saturday, June 1, 2013.
A group of four volunteers specialists in both permaculture and Superadobe construction techniques have spent the past six months educating, training and constructing the new landscape and dome structures.
Cal-Earth Apprentices Arrive in Kolhapur India
Excerpt from Whitey Flagg’s ShelterSpace blog
In September I returned to Southern California to begin my long-term apprenticeship at Cal-Earth.
– See also: Amazing SuperAdobe
I learned Super-adobe and many different types of foundations, flooring, plastering, waterproofing, and much more. I have been studying Permaculture for some time but was also able to participate in a PDC course and finally receive my certificate. As a bonus, this course ended with an unexpected visit from Geoff and Nadia Lawton who gave a one day lecture on “Greening the Mojave Desert”.
While I was teaching a workshop on how to build an emergency sandbag shelter, we received a visit from Lynnea Bylund of Catalyst House, a strategic alliance consultancy, and her guest, Tushar Gandhi, great grandson of the Mahatma. Lynnea and Tushar sit on the Board of Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute, a benefactor of the AVANI Organization, which provides child labor rescue and women’s advocacy in India. Together, the two organizations are building a residence for children and an educational facility near the town of Kolhapur.
